The paper entitled “Managing Opportunities and Risks” presents examples of Strategies for Identifying Risk and Opportunities. The author asserts the following strategies are useful: Although past experience cannot necessarily predict future performance It is useful to identify signals that were missed that have a big impact.The process of identifying blind spots and reactions to external change in the past can lead to value innovation that outpaces the competition.The first step to achieving customer sensitivity is to find out what they value, what they need, their interests and shifts in their taste.Creating a focus beyond specific products to examine the entire user experience can lead to business model innovation.Active scanning is rarely driven by a business threat.Group of answer choicesAnswers A, C, D and E are correct.All answers are correct.Answers A, B, C and D are correct.Answers B, C, D and E are correct. PreviousNext

Which of the following is a common challenge when translating insights into innovative opportunities?OPTIONS Ignoring customer feedback Staying rigid in strategies Failing to adapt to changing market trends Avoiding risk-taking

The paper entitled “Managing Opportunities and Risks” presents examples of Risks and their Potential Opportunities, including the following:As an example of the Innovation Risk category, the author suggests that the opportunity might be to think about where the industry is headed in 10-20 years in order to compete in advance.Toyota develops the Prius hybrid gas-electric care years before its competitors.A creative solution developed by Southern Company to the risk of losing retirement age workers was to develop a system by which retirement age workers could transition into retirement over time while transferring their expertise to the company on a part-time basis.The capacity to see both risks and opportunities allows companies to develop flexible organisations that can manage value protection and value creation simultaneously.Group of answer choicesAnswers A, B and C are correct.Answers B, C and D are correct.All answers are correct.Answers A and C are correct.

What is a potential benefit of successfully translating insights into innovative opportunities?OPTIONS Reduced need for marketing Decreased customer engagement Competitive advantage Limited product range

One advantage of product innovation is that a firm can expand into different product categories. The point of the risk Blank______ strategy is that if some products in one category are competing poorly, others in another category could be doing very well.Multiple choice question.seekingassimilationtransferdiversification

The best strategy of managing risks is to develop a business environment that minimizes: (1) the probability of the event occurring, and (2):